host: carl is on the line for the republicans. caller: you know, one reason -- yesterday morning i was watching your program and your moderator read a twitter message. vitter throwing peanuts at a black cameraperson and said that this is the way they treat animals. this is just a twitter message. this reminds me of washington, d.c., when they said the tea party was yelling racial epithets at the congress people. they have no proof. one guy offered $10,000 for someone who could show proof. everyone carries a cell phone, a camera and can clear their name. get down there and read incendiary stuff like that. tell your sources. tell us who reported it and if they have proof. host: that was carl, berkeley springs. steve, independent line. good morning to you. caller: good morning. host: why is washington so divided? caller code because what -- republicans have been in campaign mode since obama came into office. even mitt romney in his exceptions speech as the republican nominee said that he fully expected that any new president would ga